Waking Up Orwell

FAA stokes an EPIC petition over domestic Drone use  Guest  Amie Stepanovich,  National Security Counsel at the Electronic Privacy Information Center shows us the light. - http://epic.org/privacy/drones/ Boston Herald.com: Pressure builds for civilian drone flights at home - http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_DRONES_AT_HOME?SITE=MABOH&S

Waking Up Orwell's annual visit with Paper's Please's Edward Hasbrouk goes over Pan-American travel, border policy and what you can do about TSA's "naughty" lists this Holiday Season.  This includes your travel documents, managing your expectation of a grope-worthy experience on US domestic flights and finding out where all your travel data is lodging this Christmas!  Buc

SUPPORT Waking Up Orwell's brand of "Nerve-Corps" news by becoming a sponsor.  DIY GOVERNMENT E-Alerts Call-in to State Department and Military to demand an end to Bradley Manning's mistreatment  http://www.bradleymanning.org/events/call-in-to-the-white-house-and-military-to-demand-un-access Kill the Internet Blacklist Bill  - - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zk

***This is a podcast for Godzilla Government:: http: www.zillamod.wordpress.com::*** People are turning on their computers to seek out Occupy Together gatherings to help represent their own interests in the economic breakdown. #OccupyTogether, organized by GlobalRevolution.es, is helping many find ways to talk back to Wall St and the US government by inviting the voices of those ha

HR 2885, the Legal Worforce Act bill would mandate all US workers submit SSN#s and record identity information in a web-based cloud system administered by USCIS (DHS).    Orly Taitz road tested E-Verify with what is believed to be President Obama's SSN#. Dr. Taitz claims that President Obama has presented fraudulent identity documents and demands accountability from the W

Adrian Wyllie, the Chair for the Libertarian Party of Florida, has become a burr in the side of the Pinellas County criminal justice system. His offense? Driving without a Real ID certified license in the State of Florida.  After over 2 months public provocation, the sheriffs department issued a citation.   Wyllie had his day in court- the results should surprise anyone.&

LAS VEGAS- The (r)evolution of privacy in technology was tweeted tonight at the Develop 4 Privacy awards at the DEFCON 19 hacker conference in Las Vegas. 3rd Place went to Obscuracam (Guardian Project), 2nd place to tiqr (https://tiqr.org/), an open source authenticator, and the 1st prize award to Gibberbot (Guardian Project). The winning applications were developed using the princ

CEI analyst Alex Nowrasteh digests today's Immigration climate for reform, The Legal Workforce Act bill (HR 2164), DHS' RIDE initiative, the E-Verify data base & an anniversary for SB 1070.  This is the other pic of Alex Nowrasteh.  REFERENCE ARTICLES & MEDIA The Legal Workforce Act (HR 2164) IN FAVOR: MANDATORY E-VERIFY: 2 more co-sponsor Chairman Smith's bi

BTC - A new house bill sponsored by Rep. Bishop (R-UT) would allow a DHS policy waiver of 36 federal laws to construct US border fences to become law.  The National Security and Federal Lands Protection bill would change border definitions, expanding the reach of federal border enforcement 100 miles inland from coast to coast.   From the bill: (c) CLARIFICATION RELATING T

We deserve better.  The armed service members in this country deserve better.  However- the sad truth is that Pvt. Bradley Manning is experiencing the US institution of torture and rendition consistent with being classified as a "terrorist".  This is what the United States military has been reduced to: extorting us towards crushing debt to pay for torture,